Cybis ‘Crowning Glories’

Cybis ‘Crowning Glories’

Now that we’ve finished butterfly-catching, why not do some ‘crown-collecting’? Cybis used a crown in 41 different sculptures, plus one honorable-mention piece – but, somewhat surprisingly, only 16 of those items were depictions of royal persons. We can divide the crowned Cybis sculptures into five general categories: male royalty, female royalty (more or less), ballet [...]

Will the Real Cybis Madonna Queen of Angels Please Stand Up?

Will the Real Cybis Madonna Queen of Angels Please Stand Up?

No, I’m really not pairing the chorus of Eminem’s The Real Slim Shady with a Cybis sculpture... even though there certainly were sufficient iterations to warrant it! Although the studio was never shy about borrowing pieces from one sculpture to help create another (see Body Snatching), this particular madonna bust not only kept popping up [...]